PowerPoint is becoming/has become an essential tool for all teachers in Tier 2 classrooms. As Word Processing is essential in Tier 1, PowerPoint is an essential, easy to use and powerful tool for Tier 2.

What follows are the primary content areas covering during both Intermediate (Improving Student Learning) and Advanced sessions of PowerPoint training.

PowerPoint Skills/Techniques for Education

Recommended Strategies for Education

• Recommended Strategies for Teaching with PowerPoint
• Recommended use of Good Design Principles

Basic Skills

• Animation
• Slide Transition
• Slide Design
• Slide Layout
• Alt-Tab and presentation options
• Notes Section

Specific Techniques for Teaching PowerPoints

• Bullet Point Animation for Teaching
• Shape Animation for Teaching
• Text Boxes (Review Slides) for Teaching
• Hyperlink to Resources
• Downloading Flash Video

Specific Techniques for non-teaching (autorun) PowerPoints

• Kiosk
• Photo Album

Advanced Techniques

• Tell a Story Slide (Advanced Animation)
• Copy or Re-use Slides from other PowerPoint Presentations
• Interactive Slides

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